And yet, here we are
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“True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom & equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth…and a constant striving toward the principles & ideals on which this country was founded.”
~Eleanor Roosevelt, 1962.
Image: Library of Congress.
~Eleanor Roosevelt, 1962.
Image: Library of Congress.
December 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
“True patriotism springs from a belief in the dignity of the individual, freedom & equality not only for Americans but for all people on earth…and a constant striving toward the principles & ideals on which this country was founded.”
~Eleanor Roosevelt, 1962.
Image: Library of Congress.
~Eleanor Roosevelt, 1962.
Image: Library of Congress.
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Today marks 160 years since the ratification of the 13th amendment, which abolished legal slavery in the United States. We honor those who fought for freedom and rededicate ourselves to advancing justice, equality, and civil rights for all.
December 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today marks 160 years since the ratification of the 13th amendment, which abolished legal slavery in the United States. We honor those who fought for freedom and rededicate ourselves to advancing justice, equality, and civil rights for all.
Well, we knew Trump couldn’t read and was a toddler. At least now we’ve established that he’s surrounded himself with brighter people who… checks Target age range for Franklin books… have the maturity and reading level of a 3-5 year old preschooler
December 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Well, we knew Trump couldn’t read and was a toddler. At least now we’ve established that he’s surrounded himself with brighter people who… checks Target age range for Franklin books… have the maturity and reading level of a 3-5 year old preschooler
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And of course he is reading each one very thoroughly and signing them all by hand, which explains why he is so tired all the time!
Trump has given 1500 pardons in 11 months.
December 6, 2025 at 6:43 AM
And of course he is reading each one very thoroughly and signing them all by hand, which explains why he is so tired all the time!
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Tonight’s #FridayLimericks watch presidential clemency undermine the law.
In Trump’s pardons, one might soon deduce
There’s a pattern: condoning abuse.
With much more from this guy,
Law and order will die—
While supporters use every excuse.
In Trump’s pardons, one might soon deduce
There’s a pattern: condoning abuse.
With much more from this guy,
Law and order will die—
While supporters use every excuse.
December 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Tonight’s #FridayLimericks watch presidential clemency undermine the law.
In Trump’s pardons, one might soon deduce
There’s a pattern: condoning abuse.
With much more from this guy,
Law and order will die—
While supporters use every excuse.
In Trump’s pardons, one might soon deduce
There’s a pattern: condoning abuse.
With much more from this guy,
Law and order will die—
While supporters use every excuse.
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The float/sink test for narcoterrorists is identical to the test for witches.
Yeah. Drowning and not fighting to survive proves you are a non-combatant. Struggling to save your life shows you might be a threat at some point in the future. Possibly. Either way you die!
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The float/sink test for narcoterrorists is identical to the test for witches.
The Onion is killing me! I can’t tell anymore if it is satire or real!
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The Onion is killing me! I can’t tell anymore if it is satire or real!
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Lots of interest here, and I will write about it. But what jumped out at me was ZM's observation that the laws we need are already on the books. We just need to enforce them. I mean, OF COURSE, but... it needs to be said.
I had the absolute pleasure of joining @hcrichardson.bsky.social for a conversation yesterday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N15L...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Lots of interest here, and I will write about it. But what jumped out at me was ZM's observation that the laws we need are already on the books. We just need to enforce them. I mean, OF COURSE, but... it needs to be said.
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Just before Thanksgiving, Yuanxin Zheng and his father went to a check in with ICE, and were both arrested
Yuanxin is only 6 years old
He was promptly separated from his father and handed to the Office of Refugee Resettlement
We are treating this child as if he were a criminal
Yuanxin is only 6 years old
He was promptly separated from his father and handed to the Office of Refugee Resettlement
We are treating this child as if he were a criminal
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Just before Thanksgiving, Yuanxin Zheng and his father went to a check in with ICE, and were both arrested
Yuanxin is only 6 years old
He was promptly separated from his father and handed to the Office of Refugee Resettlement
We are treating this child as if he were a criminal
Yuanxin is only 6 years old
He was promptly separated from his father and handed to the Office of Refugee Resettlement
We are treating this child as if he were a criminal
Also, he's seizing whatever anyone will let him.
For far too long, old white men have sat back, wringing their hands, saying that the GOP has poor manners.
No. Trump & friends are literally raping and pillaging our country, and we need leaders who will use the power they still possess to stop it.
For far too long, old white men have sat back, wringing their hands, saying that the GOP has poor manners.
No. Trump & friends are literally raping and pillaging our country, and we need leaders who will use the power they still possess to stop it.
This is my big soap box. We gave the presidency too much power with the PATRIOT Act, extrajudicial drone strikes, indefinite detention and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Trump is just using executive authority Congress gave to the presidency after 9/11 to maximum effect.
Congress, in my opinion has ceded too much of its authority to the Executive Branch in the last nearly quarter of a century. What the administration has been doing is simply part the Post 9/11 legacy. It’s got to stop. I say this as a GWOT era veteran.
December 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Also, he's seizing whatever anyone will let him.
For far too long, old white men have sat back, wringing their hands, saying that the GOP has poor manners.
No. Trump & friends are literally raping and pillaging our country, and we need leaders who will use the power they still possess to stop it.
For far too long, old white men have sat back, wringing their hands, saying that the GOP has poor manners.
No. Trump & friends are literally raping and pillaging our country, and we need leaders who will use the power they still possess to stop it.
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If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
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Why don't presidents have a council of historians who advise them? They have economic advisers, foreign and domestic policy advisers, and advisers on just about everything else. Why not history advisers? That could serve presidents and the American people very well.
December 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Why don't presidents have a council of historians who advise them? They have economic advisers, foreign and domestic policy advisers, and advisers on just about everything else. Why not history advisers? That could serve presidents and the American people very well.
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What does a Trump presidency look like when he goes into it knowing he has immunity from prosecution for pretty much anything he does?
It looks like this one.
It looks like this one.
December 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
What does a Trump presidency look like when he goes into it knowing he has immunity from prosecution for pretty much anything he does?
It looks like this one.
It looks like this one.
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Everyone knows that our current health care system is broken.
That’s why over 60% of the American people support Medicare for All.
The day will come when every man, woman and child in this country will have health care as a human right.
We’re going to win this fight.
That’s why over 60% of the American people support Medicare for All.
The day will come when every man, woman and child in this country will have health care as a human right.
We’re going to win this fight.
December 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Everyone knows that our current health care system is broken.
That’s why over 60% of the American people support Medicare for All.
The day will come when every man, woman and child in this country will have health care as a human right.
We’re going to win this fight.
That’s why over 60% of the American people support Medicare for All.
The day will come when every man, woman and child in this country will have health care as a human right.
We’re going to win this fight.
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While millions of families struggle to put food on the table Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos & Mark Zuckerberg own more wealth than the bottom HALF of Americans.
That’s what oligarchy is about. That’s what a rigged economy is about.
Is it any wonder that people in this country are angry?
That’s what oligarchy is about. That’s what a rigged economy is about.
Is it any wonder that people in this country are angry?
December 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
While millions of families struggle to put food on the table Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos & Mark Zuckerberg own more wealth than the bottom HALF of Americans.
That’s what oligarchy is about. That’s what a rigged economy is about.
Is it any wonder that people in this country are angry?
That’s what oligarchy is about. That’s what a rigged economy is about.
Is it any wonder that people in this country are angry?
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All 214 House Democrats support legislation to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.
We only need 4 House Republicans to join us.
And we can save healthcare for tens of millions of Americans.
We only need 4 House Republicans to join us.
And we can save healthcare for tens of millions of Americans.
December 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
All 214 House Democrats support legislation to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits.
We only need 4 House Republicans to join us.
And we can save healthcare for tens of millions of Americans.
We only need 4 House Republicans to join us.
And we can save healthcare for tens of millions of Americans.
Two facts tell you everything you need to know about this administration:
If they are saying some awful thing about someone, it’s usually projection.
And Russia. The answer is always Russia
If they are saying some awful thing about someone, it’s usually projection.
And Russia. The answer is always Russia
Rabid, deranged racism.
But also projection.
But also projection.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Two facts tell you everything you need to know about this administration:
If they are saying some awful thing about someone, it’s usually projection.
And Russia. The answer is always Russia
If they are saying some awful thing about someone, it’s usually projection.
And Russia. The answer is always Russia
“In her essay, Fulnecky writes that teasing kids who don’t align with gender norms is “not necessarily …a problem.””
Ok… so her conclusion from a paper studying bullying of kids is that “it’s fine”?
At the end of the day, we should all be able to agree that bullying is bad.
And yet here we are
Ok… so her conclusion from a paper studying bullying of kids is that “it’s fine”?
At the end of the day, we should all be able to agree that bullying is bad.
And yet here we are
University of Oklahoma student claims religious discrimination over essay grade, school investigates
A University of Oklahoma graduate student is on leave from teaching duties after giving an undergrad a zero on an assignment. The junior, seeking a degree in psychology, is accusing the instructor of ...
www.kosu.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“In her essay, Fulnecky writes that teasing kids who don’t align with gender norms is “not necessarily …a problem.””
Ok… so her conclusion from a paper studying bullying of kids is that “it’s fine”?
At the end of the day, we should all be able to agree that bullying is bad.
And yet here we are
Ok… so her conclusion from a paper studying bullying of kids is that “it’s fine”?
At the end of the day, we should all be able to agree that bullying is bad.
And yet here we are
“Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.”
~Cesar Chavez
Image: Santa Clara University.
~Cesar Chavez
Image: Santa Clara University.
December 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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I will now defend myself by paraphrasing jack nicholson in that scene from a few good men, who is the hero of that movie btw
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I will now defend myself by paraphrasing jack nicholson in that scene from a few good men, who is the hero of that movie btw
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"Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself"
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.”
The latest from George F. Will:
The latest from George F. Will:
Opinion | This moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
wapo.st
December 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself"
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Happy to fix this headline.
(🚨) BREAKING: In the Wake of One of the Most Unpopular First Years in An American Presidency in US History, Donald Trump’s Support Collapses in Blood-Red Tennessee House District; R+22 District in Late Fall of 2024 Is Now R+8 a Year Later, Spelling Electoral Doom for GOP
(🚨) BREAKING: In the Wake of One of the Most Unpopular First Years in An American Presidency in US History, Donald Trump’s Support Collapses in Blood-Red Tennessee House District; R+22 District in Late Fall of 2024 Is Now R+8 a Year Later, Spelling Electoral Doom for GOP
BREAKING: Republican Matt Van Epps wins special election to U.S. House in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District.
Tennessee voters make final call in House special election testing Trump's power
President Donald Trump and Republicans are hoping to recover from recent losses as Tennessee voters choose a representative for the conservative 7th Congressional District on Tuesday.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Happy to fix this headline.
(🚨) BREAKING: In the Wake of One of the Most Unpopular First Years in An American Presidency in US History, Donald Trump’s Support Collapses in Blood-Red Tennessee House District; R+22 District in Late Fall of 2024 Is Now R+8 a Year Later, Spelling Electoral Doom for GOP
(🚨) BREAKING: In the Wake of One of the Most Unpopular First Years in An American Presidency in US History, Donald Trump’s Support Collapses in Blood-Red Tennessee House District; R+22 District in Late Fall of 2024 Is Now R+8 a Year Later, Spelling Electoral Doom for GOP
Remember the big brouhaha a couple of years ago when the Biden’s went out to dinner and both ordered the same thing?
That made news in 2023.
That was two and a half years and 2million news cycles ago
That made news in 2023.
That was two and a half years and 2million news cycles ago
December 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Remember the big brouhaha a couple of years ago when the Biden’s went out to dinner and both ordered the same thing?
That made news in 2023.
That was two and a half years and 2million news cycles ago
That made news in 2023.
That was two and a half years and 2million news cycles ago
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Witkoff and Kushner promised their Daddy Vladdy that they wouldn’t visit Ukraine after their trip to Moscow.
December 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Witkoff and Kushner promised their Daddy Vladdy that they wouldn’t visit Ukraine after their trip to Moscow.